Record items to build routines
I record all my meetings & readings.
https://www.amazon.fr/Human-Machine-Jean-Rochebrochard/dp/2379790418/
Why ? To build routines. It’s an efficient way to create sustainable habits. I especially like the way it’s done in my case, because there is no fixed “when” in the equation. When is always a tricky parameter.
Meetings & readings are recorded automatically and sometimes between friday and monday, I go over the lists and sort the items out.
by the way, here is the public list: https://pxlme.me/4Kj5neXd
Meetings
Everytime a meeting ends, it’s automatically recorded on Airtable.
From there, every week, I go through the list of meetings, put a comment and sometimes an action I should do or something I expect from a person. I mark the event “done” only when the “to do” or “waiting for” items are completed. It makes me complete tasks much faster in order to keep a reduced back log of actions to perform.
Here is the If This then That recipe:
Readings
With Pocket, I save items to read them later.
Two times a week, I go over the list and when I read a piece worth sharing, I simply add the tag “read” among others. From there it’s automatically saved on Airtable. For books, I simply record them through Bookly as I read them and later add them to Airtable.
Here is the If This then That recipe:
Tips & Tricks
I have a couple of additional tips and tricks that will allow you to make the most out of you meetings & readings habits. They are either useful for efficiency or self accountability.
Use Google Calendar as your default app, the new versions both on desktop and mobile are finally up to my expectations. Set the default event duration to 30 minutes :) Also, on the desktop app, you can display several timezones at once.
Add the ifttt recipe to save on pocket tweets that you favorite, whenever you see an interesting thread or post, simply like it.
Activate the badge count on your Pocket mobile app to display how many pending posts are in your list.
Put the Kindle app on your home screen.
Hope you’ll enjoy this simple, efficient setup :)
https://www.amazon.fr/Human-Machine-Jean-Rochebrochard/dp/2379790418/